More from Food & Wine: Best Wine Drinking Locations

More from Food & Wine: Best Wine Drinking Locations

Here, America’s best new wine destinations, from a football stadium in Cleveland to a Burgundy-centric New Orleans shop. — Gina Hamadey, Megan Krigbaum

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Everson Royce; Los Angeles, CA

Everson Royce; Los Angeles, CA

At this Pasadena wine shop and bar, customers can buy bottles of boutique wines, microbrews, and artisan spirits to take home, or have a glass of one of eight California wines on tap, from small, culty producers like Holus Bolus and Copain.

More from Food & Wine: Best Wine Drinking Locations

Here, America’s best new wine destinations, from a football stadium in Cleveland to a Burgundy-centric New Orleans shop. — Gina Hamadey, Megan Krigbaum

Michael Piazza

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Everson Royce; Los Angeles, CA

At this Pasadena wine shop and bar, customers can buy bottles of boutique wines, microbrews, and artisan spirits to take home, or have a glass of one of eight California wines on tap, from small, culty producers like Holus Bolus and Copain.

Mateo Bar de Tapas; Durham, NC

Like many Iberian-obsessed sommeliers, Michael Maller is trying to convert diners to the joys of sherry. At this new tapas restaurant, he's doing his part by offering five different sherry flights on the all-Spanish wine list. He also likes to suggest pairings with chef Matthew Kelly's Spanish dishes, which utilize Southern ingredients: For the chicken-fried chicken skin with tangy piquillo chowchow, Maller serves El Maestro’s Sierra Fino, a salty, minerally sherry.

Gourmet & More; San Francisco, CA

The back patio at this Hayes Valley épicerie is an idyllic spot to BYO. Customers can pick up a bottle at the nearby Arlequin Wine Merchant (384A Hayes St.) and have fun making wine-and-cheese pairings from the more than 350 mostly French selections in owner Laurent Recollon’s cave.

141 Gough St.; 415-874-9133

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AZ Wine Merchants; Scottsdale, AZ

With their home state as muse, Pavle Milic and chef Charleen Badman (who also own the hyper-local FnB restaurant) opened three adjoining businesses. The wine shop sells mostly Arizona-made wines from producers like Dos Cabezas and Sand-Reckoner; the tiny café, Baratin, pours in-state wines to go with small plates like potted Jidori chicken liver; and the Bodega market offers local produce. Tuesday winemaker dinners start with a meet-and-greet at AZ Wine Merchants and end with a multicourse meal at Baratin.

St. Vincent; San Francisco, CA

Italian wine guru David Lynch created wine programs for Babbo in New York City and Cotogna in San Francisco. Now, he's finally running his own (non-Italian) wine-focused restaurant. On the list: Over 100 bottles for under $100; Lynch will pour half a bottle of any for half-price.

Paulée; Dundee, OR

Master Sommelier Brandon Tebbe designed the wine list for this Willamette Valley restaurant for two types: the local winemakers and the out-of-towners. For the locals, there are bottles from Uruguay, Croatia, and Colorado. "They taste Willamette Pinot all day long," he explains. The rest of the list is focused on the Pacific Northwest.

Sauvage; Portland, OR

Located in the same building as winery Fausse Piste, this new restaurant is owned by winemaker and chef Jesse Skiles, who pours not just his own bottles, but also those from small American producers like Bow & Arrow and Division Winemaking Company. On the menu: dishes like his signature black garlic Caesar and stuffed quail.